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Participant teams have been thinking about upskilling and hiring; building out onboarding and other documentation for their projects; and thinking about how to curate meaningful events and hold accessible space.

We are excited to share the Open Post Academics' "Toolkit for Cross-Disciplinary Workshops" which emerged from the Event-Fund supported "Open Problem Workshop" held in 2021. The workshop asked how real world problems in the field of data science could call for the expertise of PhDs from all fields. In the resulting toolkit, the team shares some nine activities and suggestions on how to facilitate cross-disciplinary activities in an online, collaborative setting.

Two information sessions were hosted by Event Fund program manager, Angela Okune in December 2021 and January 2022 to offer an overview of the Event Fund award, eligibility criteria, application, dates and deadlines, and expectations of award recipients. Angela briefly walked through the application portal (hosted by CS&S

Participants have been reviewing resources; articulating visioning, value, and intention statements; playing with design for community-building events; adding structure to planning meetings; thinking about boards, steering committees, and other bodies; publishing articles; and more.